Awards Season Feature Post

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Dec 5, 2013

National Board of Review Awards 2013

National Board of Review announced their winners a while ago. Spike Jonze's Her was crowned the best picture of the year along with Jonze winning best director. NBR are always known for their different and bold choices in every category. Yesterday, NYFCC surprised us with American Hustle winning the main prize. Today, Her won. What is next? It is strangely joyful yet at the same time, quite weird that these critics awards are going in such different directions. Zero Dark Thirty was last year's early critics darling and it was winning everything until Argo started sweeping. This year, anybody can win. Her is a movie I personally am dying to see for Jonze and this is just a great thing for me. Nebraska duo of Bruce Dern and Will Forte won lead/supporting actor awards while Fruitvale Station's Octavia Spencer and Saving Mr. Banks' Emma Thompson won supporting/lead actress prizes. Other winners includes The Past, The Wind Rises, Stories We Tell, Blue is the Warmest Color and the new Scorsese/Coens movies. Man, I am loving this year's awards season.Below is the full list of winners and NBR's lists of Top Films, Foreign Language Films, Documentaries and Independent Features.Best Film: HERBest Director: Spike Jonze, HERBest Lead Actor: Bruce Dern, NEBRASKABest Lead Actress: Emma Thompson, SAVING MR. BANKSBest Supporting Actor: Will Forte, NEBRASKABest Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, FRUITVALE STATIONBest Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVISBest Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter, THE WOLF OF WALL STREETBest Foreign Language Film: THE PASTBest Animated Feature: THE WIND RISESBest Documentary: STORIES WE TELLBest Ensemble: PRISONERSBreakthrough Performance - Male: Michael B. Jordan, FRUITVALE STATIONBreakthrough Performance - Female: Adele Exarchopoulos, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLORBest Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, FRUITVALE STATIONNBR Freedom of Expression Award: WADJDACreative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: GRAVITYSpotlight Award: Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprioWilliam K. Everson Film History Award: George Stevens, Jr.Top Films (in alphabetical order)12 YEARS A SLAVEFRUITVALE STATIONGRAVITYINSIDE LLEWYN DAVISLONE SURVIVORNEBRASKAPRISONERSSAVING MR. BANKSTHE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTYTHE WOLF OF WALL STREETTop 5 Foreign Language Films(In Alphabetical Order)BEYOND THE HILLSGLORIATHE GRANDMASTERA HIJACKINGTHE HUNTTop 5 Documentaries(In Alphabetical Order)20 FEET FROM STARDOMTHE ACT OF KILLINGAFTER TILLERCASTING BYTHE SQUARETop 10 Independent Films(In Alphabetical Order)AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTSDALLAS BUYERS CLUBIN A WORLD…MOTHER OF GEORGEMUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGMUDTHE PLACE BEYOND THE PINESSHORT TERM 12SIGHTSEERSTHE SPECTACULAR NOW